This keyword site maintains an extensive list of genome sequencing projects that are completed or are nearing completion. The list includes an astonishing number of eukaryotic genomes, prokaryotic genomes, genomes of organelles of numerous species, and genomes of viruses, bacteriophage, & plasmids. It is useful to have a biological dictionary or encyclopedia close at hand because the organisms are listed according to their official binomial Latin names - for example Oryza sativa - rather than their common names, in this case rice.

What are the social implications of advances in genomics? Some groups are worried because the application of genetic technologies poses ethical and legal issues of the foreknowledge of one's health, as well as issues of genetic privacy and insurability. Others are optimistic that the technologies will yield great benefits for medicine and society. This keyword site is devoted to the exploration of ethical, legal, and social issues related to sequencing the human genome, to the stimulation of public discussion, and to the formulation of public policies to prevent misuse of genetic information.

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